City of Brunswick v. Carney

McMurray, Presiding Judge.

Plaintiff Carney brought an action against her former employer, the City of Brunswick (City), seeking reimbursement of medical expenses she allegedly incurred after the City changed its employees’ group medical insurance policy. Plaintiff based her claim on breach of contract, negligence, fraud, and 42 USCA § 1983.

The evidence adduced at a bench trial showed that plaintiff began working for the City in 1979 and that, as a benefit of employment, the City provided plaintiff group medical insurance through Sentry Life Insurance Company (Sentry). Sentry’s group insurance…